Lamp-burner.



s. H. PATTERSON.

LAMP BURNER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18, I915- 1,167,212. Pater lted Jan.4,1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIMON H. PATTERSON, or sense, TEXAS; LAMP-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an.

' Application filed June 18, 1915. serial No. 34,893."

To all w/zom'it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON H. PATTER- SON, acitizen of the United States, residing to engage opposite sides of the base of a lamp chimney and thereby securely hold the 1; mp chimney in place on the burner and yet p frmitthe ready removal of the chlmney.

The invention consists in the construction,

combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure. 1 is an elevation of a lamp burner provided with chimney clamps constructed in accordance with my invention, and showing the clamps inengaged position in full lines and in disengaged position ,in dotted lines,

the base of the chimney being also indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of the burner with its clamps. Fig. 3 is a. detail perspective view ofone of the clamps. 1

The burner 1 may be of the form hereshown or of any usual construction, the dome being indicated at 1*, the gallery at 2, the neck at 3 and the wick tube at 4.

'In accordance with my, invention I pro vide a pair of clamps 5 each of which may be of asingle piece of wire. Each clamp comprises a shaft (3, an offset portion 7 at the center of the shaft,an operating arm 8 depending from the center of the offset, and clamping arms 9 extending upwardly from the ends-of the shaft, each clamping arm being here shown as formed at its upper end with an inturned portion 10 provided with a shoulder 11, to engage over the base flange a of the lamp chimney b anda upwardly extendingportion 12 connecte to the outer end of the shoulder 11 to engage the chimney.

copies of this patent may he obtained for Each operating arm 8 is here shown as", U-shaped and as provided with a bridge piece-13 having an openingfll i. The shafts"; of the clamps aremounted in' suitable -bearings lorunderfthe gallery, the shafts being: arranged inf-parallel relation and near op-I posite slides of the gallery andwiththeir offsets, "71"]extending outwardly. Rods 16 have. their innerflends attached to'the base 17 of. the burner and their outer ends extended through .the openings 14 of the bridge pieces 13, and on each of said rods,

- is a spring 18 the inner end of which bears against the' burner base and the outer end of which bears against the bridge piece. The rods 16 are pivotally connected to the burner base and the springs serve to move .the arms 8 of-the clamps outwardly and hence turn-the shafts 6 so as to cause the clamping, arms 9 to bear firmly against and over the chimney base flange a and thereby securely lock the chimney on the burner. By pressing the arms 8'towar each other, against the tension of the spring 18 as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 the clamping arms 9 may be disengaged from the base flange of the chimney and hence permit the chimney to be removed from the burner.

Having thus described my invention, I claim A lamp burner having a pair of chimney engaging clamps, arranged. at opposite sides, each clamp comprising va shaft pivotally mounted on the burner, having an outstanding offset portion with a depending operating arm, and also having upstanding chimney engaging clamping arms, rods extending from the base of the burner and slidably engaged with the operating arms of the clamps and springs on said rods and )ressim outwardlv a ainst the o eratin arms of the clamps and serving to normally hold the clamps in engaged position.

In testimony whereof I aflin' my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SIMON PATTERSON.

Witnesses:

J- D. Bnaxxox, R. G. HnwE'r'rL I five-cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

